TV cars

[colnerov]

 

 The direness or desirability of the cars was down to the rules governing the value of prizes offered on television.

 Colin

[Braddon81]

The best car for a moody yank private eye in London? A Hillman Imp Rallye 998cc that's what!  One of two Imps used in 'A Man in a Suitcase' . 

[JimH]

There is nowt on Youtoob so go over to All4 and watch the opening credits for The Jack Dee show. One of the best cars to ever grace the small screen.

[eddyramrod]

Pug 504 Coupe IIRC?

[Dick Cheeseburger]

On 10/6/2019 at 2:55 PM, Dick Longbridge said:

It's a toss up between the Minis and the Harrington Legionnaire. 

Actually, I'll take the HL please. 

 

@garethj Just stumbled across this gem again - do you have a thread anywhere on here documenting the build? 

[garethj]

1 hour ago, Dick Longbridge said:

@garethj Just stumbled across this gem again - do you have a thread anywhere on here documenting the build? 

Kind of…

https://www.slotforum.com/threads/italian-job-minis-and-coach.135818/#post-1542946
 

Build is here to show all the components which go into it: http://www.chase-cars.com/bodyshells/1964-italian-coach/

The Minis were a massive amount of work on their own, considering how easy it is to get ones which are almost correct.  But if something’s worth doing…

http://www.chase-cars.com/bodyshells/1967-mini-cooper/

This video below shows how it handles, it’s honestly like a massive Scalextric Capri, you hang the tail out everywhere 

 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

15 minutes ago, garethj said:

Kind of…

https://www.slotforum.com/threads/italian-job-minis-and-coach.135818/#post-1542946
 

Build is here to show all the components which go into it: http://www.chase-cars.com/bodyshells/1964-italian-coach/

The Minis were a massive amount of work on their own, considering how easy it is to get ones which are almost correct.  But if something’s worth doing…

http://www.chase-cars.com/bodyshells/1967-mini-cooper/

This video below shows how it handles, it’s honestly like a massive Scalextric Capri, you hang the tail out everywhere 

 

Brilliant, thank you! I'm assuming you're very much not making stl files for the Harrington Legionnaire available to the masses at any point? 😉

[garethj]

7 minutes ago, Dick Longbridge said:

Brilliant, thank you! I'm assuming you're very much not making stl files for the Harrington Legionnaire available to the masses at any point? 😉

Give away something that took me the best part of a year to create?  Nah, you’re alright thanks😀

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Just now, garethj said:

Give away something that took me the best part of a year to create?  Nah, you’re alright thanks😀

It was tongue in cheek to be fair 😉. It looks a riot to send around the track!